AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN FOR THE RODEO GROUNDS WAS HELD ON SATURDAY BY PRESCOTT FRONTIER DAYS, THE WORLD’S OLDEST RODEO, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PRESCOTT.

THE MEETING WAS TO OBTAIN PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PLAN, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE GROUNDS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY FOR RODEO, EQUINE EVENTS, TRADE SHOWS, MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES.  

ON FRIDAY, GOVERNOR KATIE HOBBS SIGNED THE NEW BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE AND SENATE ON WEDNESDAY. THANKS TO DISTRICT 1 REPRESENTATIVES QUANG NGUYEN (WIN) AND SELINA BLISS, AS WELL AS STATE SENATOR KEN BENNETT, $15.3 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET FOR THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN FOR THE RODEO GROUNDS.

THE LONG TERM PLAN TO IMPROVE THE GROUNDS, WHICH HAVE NOT SEEN MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR MANY YEARS, WAS PRESENTED ON SATURDAY.

RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF THE RODEO GROUNDS VOICED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EVENTS AND THE POSSIBLE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC THAT WOULD RESULT FROM THE CHANGES.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER GREG MENGARELLI AND GENERAL MANAGER JIM DEWEY BROWN BOTH RELATED THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSIDERING PUBLIC INPUT.

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